The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
w AsHTSGroN. Dec. 3Ist. !,


The congressional holiday vacation
will close next Tuesday and the session
will then reopen. The capitol has been
practically deserted by congressman
aud visitors .or The past week, but on
Thursday the remains of Senator Lo-
gan were taken thiiler to lie in state.
and to-day the senate chamber was the
scene OF his imposing obsequies, AL
most every body prominent in official
and social circles here was present, and
a long procession OF citizens, civic and
military organizations in charge of
General Sheridan followed the deceas-
ed senator to Rock Creek cemetery.
| For twenty-four hours preceding the
| funeral the senator's remains reposed
on an historic bier in the rotunda Of the
capitol and the public passed through
to view them. The bier was the same
on which rested the bodies OF President
Lincoln, Chief Justice Chase, Presi-
dent Garfield and Thatdeus Stevens.
There has been a great deal of talk
among Illinois congressman in regard
to the political effect of Gen1 Logan's
| death. Said representative ToWnshPnd,
'sIt Will do more to throw the state into
the control OF the democracy than any
other event L can conceive Of" The
late senator has been able sto hold his
! party together with more Success than
any other man in the state, by reason of
his popularity among the soldier ele-
ment and with the masses of the people.
Now that the republicans are without
leader in Illinois, the democrats have
an excellent chance of carrying the
state at the next election. AS t the
senator's successor in the senate, the
two most prominent aspirants are Gov.
Oglesby and eX congressman sFarwell
OF Chicago.
1t is singular coincidence that both
of the candidates for vice president in
1884 are dead, and both candidates for
president are, at this moment, suffer-
ing from the same malady. Strangely
enough too, in the cases of Messrs
Hendricks and Logan, the pail oil
in their respective homes.
There Is nothing in President Cleve-
lands condition to arouse any anxiety
on the part of the public, but he is suf.
fering from another attack of rheuma-
tism. One of his knees is again pain.
fully involved, and for the past weel
he has spent most of his time between
the bed and lounge. He has been alb
staining from all unnecessary exertior
in the hope OF being able, by such care
90 be up and ready to see the people Oh
New Years day.
The eyes of the whole country are TO-
cused upon the action of congress upor
the interstate commerce bill. This bill
presents square issue between the
millions OF producers and consumers or
the one side and the greedy railroad
cormorants on the other. 1t is not pro.
posed in this bill to forbid the railroad
companies rom charging more per mile
for short haul than Tor a long one
People expect to buy at wholesale fol
less than at retail. The long and shor,
of the long and short haul provision il
just this No railroad company shall
charge more dollars for carrying a tor
of freight half the distance between
two points than is charged Tor carrying
the same ton of freight the whole dis
lance. As much as $500 car load has
been charged for freight to Neeada
from the east, when the freight ON tn.
same through to Sacramento from the
same point east was only $500.